A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Everyone was completely baffled.

Kira clicked his tongue, glanced at everyone, and said, "Stop looking down on us. Even if they're weak, they're still richer than us! One piece of jewelry might be worth all of our combined wealth, and their material life is far more luxurious than we can imagine! So what if their magical talent is lacking?"

The air fell silent.

"This...this is true..."

"What you said makes a lot of sense!"

"What am I so proud of? Damn it!"

The group was completely exasperated. They all lowered their heads in shame, pounded the ground in frustration, and tears of poverty uncontrollably streamed down their faces.

Sadness always flows backwards like a river, and the group managed to return to normal before the river overflowed.

"The king is the leader, the general leads the army, the guild master provides funds, and the treasure hunters and warriors each have their own strengths and play irreplaceable roles."

"Looking at it this way, all five of them are truly indispensable!"

"And they all seem to know magic; the founding of the Kingdom of Fiore might be even more legendary than we imagine!"

Lucy couldn't help but say, "It's just like a story from an adventure novel..."

Erza looked curious and longing, and said, "After I go back this time, I might be able to find Levy and see if she has any related books that I can borrow to read."

"Don't you only like looking at books about color?"

Boom! !

Erza punched Kira to the ground, then withdrew her fist, which was as big as a sandbag. Her face flushed, she kept spitting air, her eyes turning into mosquito coils, and she pointed at Kira on the ground, stammering, "N-nothing like that! You...you...you bastard!! Stop talking nonsense!!!"

The expressions on the others' faces instantly turned interesting: "Erza?! You actually?!"

I never would have guessed... You're actually Erza like this?!

Gray and Happy's expressions turned teasing, Lucy, Wendy, and Carla blushed, and as for Natsu... he didn't understand.

Seeing the curious looks in everyone's eyes, Erza panicked even more: "No, no, no, don't listen to that bastard Kira's nonsense!! He's slandering me!! It's defamation!!! I haven't read 'Love Girl's Two or Three Things'!!"

"You even said the book title?!!!!" ×N

"Oops!!"

Erza's face flushed even redder. She frantically covered her mouth with both hands, then instinctively raised them to cover her entire face, turning away to avoid looking at anyone. "It wasn't me! I didn't!! Don't talk nonsense!!!"

But the denials were so weak and powerless. Under everyone's gaze, Erza seemed to have lost all her strength and collapsed to the ground, questioning the meaning of life.

Gray quickly steadied her: "Hey! Erza! Cheer up, Erza!!"

The feeling of social death must be incredibly devastating, right?

Kira stood up, rubbed the large bump on his head, and comforted her, "It's okay, Erza! We're all adults, it's normal to have adult hobbies, you..."

Kira suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence, as if he had thought of something. His pupils contracted and his face gradually turned terrified.

Upon seeing this, Lucy and the others felt a pang of anxiety: "What's wrong, Kira?"

Has something terrible happened?! This is the first time I've ever seen Kira with that expression on his face...

"Oh no!! Wendy heard what I just said!!"

Kira screamed and rushed forward, grabbing Wendy's shoulders and shaking her violently. "Forget about her! Forget about her, Wendy!! That's a topic for adults, not something a child your age should be involved in!! If you don't forget about it soon, hearing it will make your ears ache!!"

Everyone was speechless: "..."

Lucy ranted, "It's too late to say this now! And what kind of nonsense is it to say something like 'sour plums grow in ears'?! Besides, Wendy isn't some immature child anymore!!"

Charlotte was very unhappy with Kira's actions. She spread her wings and flew in front of him, shouting, "What are you doing to Wendy?! Let her go! Your actions are too rough!!"

However, it was too late for Lucy's complaints and Xia Lulu's grievances.

The moment Wendy heard the phrase "sour plums growing in her ears," her eyes widened, and she let out a blood-curdling scream: "No!!!"

After screaming, the little girl seemed to lose all her strength and collapsed.

Charlotte and Happy quickly helped her up: "Wendy! Cheer up, Wendy!!"

"Oh no! Wendy has fainted!!"

Kira looked panicked, grabbing his hair in frustration: "This is bad! The worst thing has happened!!"

"What?!"

"Isn't it?"

"Could it be that Wendy really has sour plums growing in her ears?"

Natsu, Gray, and Happy shouted in shock at the same time.

Lucy and Charlene roared in unison, "It's obviously impossible! You three idiots!!"

"There's no other way but to use memory erasure magic on Wendy..."

Kira, his face filled with grief, gathered a ball of magical energy radiating white light in one hand and struggled toward Wendy, who was unconscious and murmuring "No...no..."

"Stop it right now!! You bastard!! Didn't you hear Wendy say 'no'?! How could you do something so heinous as erasing the memories of adorable Wendy?! She's just a child!!"

Natsuru immediately rushed forward to stop him, and then she and Kira began to fight.

"You don't understand! It's precisely because she's a child that we need to remove it! Don't worry, it won't harm her body; I have experience in this area!"

Lucy was shocked again, her voice becoming even more terrified: "What?! You have experience?! What experience?! Where did you get this experience?! I'm telling you, you didn't secretly do something to us, did you?!"

"Oh right! I know! You must have erased the memory of me paying you back, right? That's why I still remember owing you money, even though I already paid it back a long time ago!"

"Stop talking nonsense!! Don't even think you can get away with reneging on your debts!! Don't think you can wipe out millions of J in debt with just a few words!!"

Upon hearing this, Lucy burst into tears, stubbornly retorting, "I don't believe it! I must have paid it back! I worked hard all year, the debt couldn't have changed so little!!"

"That's because you pay such a pittance in debt every month!! If I hadn't been accruing interest, your debt would have been increasing year by year!!"

Upon hearing this heartbreaking truth, Lucy's expression instantly darkened, and then, like Erza and Wendy, she seemed to lose all her strength, collapsing to the ground.

Natsu quickly helped her up: "Lucy!! Cheer up, Lucy!!"

"Oh no!! Lucy has fainted too!!"

"What?! This is really serious!" Kira looked at Natsu seriously and said, "Natsu, only you can save Lucy now! Quickly, give her CPR!!"

"Okay! I'll do it right away! By the way, what is artificial respiration?"

Kira: "..."

Chapter 623 Dragon Graveyard

At the foot of the mountain, Kira released his magical perception and, following the magical particles in the wind, led Natsu and the others towards the area with the densest magical energy nearby.

"Seriously... why doesn't Natsu know what artificial respiration is?! His reaction is so slow! He'll suffer a lot in the future!"

Natsu ultimately didn't have time to use 'Fire Dragon CPR' on Lucy, prompting Kira to complain incessantly, "I wanted to capture this beautiful moment properly!"

Losing such excellent photographic material is a huge loss for both Kira himself and the rest of the guild.

"It would be strange if he knew!"

Gray glanced at Natsu and Lucy following behind him and muttered, "Seriously, how much do you want to see those two flirting?! This behavior is practically perverted..."

"You actually called my artistic behavior perverted?! You, who run around naked in the guild all day long, really have the nerve to say that!"

Kira looked at Gray with disdain and curled his lip. "Besides, I was just doing my job, following a long-term commission from someone to document their love story!"

"Huh?! No way?! Work?!"

Gray was shocked and couldn't wait to ask, "Someone actually posted this kind of request?! That person's personality is absolutely awful! Who is this person?!"

It was me...

"It's Mira!"

Kira didn't hesitate to find a scapegoat. Anyway, Gray wouldn't really ask about this kind of thing, and even if he did... given Mira's personality, she might just admit it and then drag Gray into the gossip.

"Sorry! Just pretend I didn't say that!"

Gray didn't doubt Kira's words, because after thinking about it carefully, he realized that Mira usually intentionally or unintentionally gossiped about Natsu and Lucy in the guild, and was practically a love promoter.

Looking at it this way, it's understandable that Mira would make this request to just watch the drama unfold.

"Mira... I'm not really surprised!"

Behind them, Natsu and Lucy's voices came.

"Hey, what were you trying to do just now? Were you really planning to give me CPR?!"

Lucy's face was still a little red. She hadn't really fainted just now, so when she heard Kira tell Natsu to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and Natsu actually lowered his head, she couldn't stay still any longer.

"No……"

Natsu blinked, staring blankly at Lucy, who was puffing up her cheeks and blushing slightly, finding her reaction utterly inexplicable. "I didn't mean to kiss Lucy!"

"Then you shouldn't kiss me!!"

For some reason, Lucy got even angrier after hearing Natsu's words and turned away from him.

Natsu was bewildered again: "Ah! Lucy's angry again!! Why?!"

He looked to the person next to him for help, but Erza was equally puzzled, shaking her head vigorously: "I don't know! Maybe my legs are sore from walking for so long?"

"Oh?! Then I'll carry you on my back, Lucy!!"

"unnecessary!!"

Seeing this, Kira, Gray, Happy, Wendy, and Charlene were all dumbfounded: "..."

"What on earth is Natsu doing?!"

"Can't you just shut up if you can't speak properly? Silence is a beautiful quality too!!"

"Well... this is Natsu!"

"Seriously, is Erza-san's emotional intelligence that low?"

"Ah, that's true sometimes!"

Half a day later, they finally found a mysterious cave.